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Dixons Music Primary Ocarina Group
Posted: 08/05/15
Here we have one of the DMP year 2 Ocarina groups practicing for the summer concert. This was the first time they tried this as a ‘Round’
Read more »Dixons Primary ‘Stomp’ Group Preparing for the Summer Concert
Posted: 08/05/15
Here we see a group of Dixons Music Primary Year 1 and 2 students working really hard in their ‘Stomp’ Junk Percussion Group preparing for the Summer Concert: Friday 10 July!
Read more »Three Generations of Alison’s Students Making Music Together
Posted: 08/05/15
It was a very special afternoon today when Alison was working with three generations of her music students altogether. Here we see Miss Parry who is now the Reception teacher at Dixons Music Primary. Miss Parry is a former Dixons City Academy student and was in Alison’s Music department. Then we have Katie playing the Bass Guitar. Katie, Year 13 […]
Read more »Ilkley Central Tuesday Evenings Venue Change For September 2015
Posted: 21/04/15
Further to letters issued last week, from September 2015 we will be moving venue for our Tuesday evening service. From September 2015 Learn to Rock will be providing all Tuesday evening lessons and bands (currently at Ben Rhydding Primary School) at our new venue Burley Oaks Primary School. Burley Oaks Primary School Langford Lane Burley Wharfedale Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 […]
Read more »Dixons Music Primary Preparing for The Lion King
Posted: 25/03/15
The children at DMP have been very excited today as they have prepared for their performance of the Lion King. The children have had their faces painted and are getting ready for the Dress Rehearsal. They look fantastic!!
Read more »Summer Term Lesson Dates and Information
Posted: 24/02/15
Summer term lesson dates and information has now been sent out with summer term invoices. Payment for Summer term lessons is due Friday 13 March. All details can also be viewed by visiting ‘Parents Section/ Information for Parents/ What’s on at my Child’s School/ type in the name if the school.
Read more »Beni Working on Samba Styles
Posted: 11/02/15
As part of his warm up routines this term Beni and I are working on Samba styles. This will form part of a massive Drum kit ensemble piece for the summer concert at Dixons Music Primary where we will feature 7 students in Drum kit playing a Samba backing with the younger students from DMP adding some Samba rhythms.
Read more »Reece and Jack Jamming Together Again
Posted: 04/02/15
As we are tracking Reece in Year 3 and Jack in Year 9 in their work together have a look at the video attached. Here the guys are taking a simple 16ths riffs and using a combination of double and syncopated Bass Drum patterns to create interest. Reece is working on developing Parradiddles in his grooves whilst Jack is perfecting […]
Read more »Ilkley Students Preparing for Graded Exams
Posted: 28/01/15
It’s the time now that students are preparing for their Easter and Summer session graded exams. We have many students in Ilkley preparing for a range of exams grades 1 to 8 with several Music examination providers. We will be tracking students until the summer now so we can show the progress they are making in their exam work. Some […]
Read more »Foxhill Year 3 Drummers
Posted: 27/01/15
It was another great rehearsal yesterday with the Year 3 Foxhill drummers. They have been learning how to play 16th beats. Then we extended this learning by looking at how to incorporate Parradiddles in a 16th beat pattern. To take this even further I got some students to use the Toms for half bar fills and for the ends if […]
Read more »Tracking a Year 3 Drummer
Posted: 13/01/15
We are tracking one of our very gifted Year 3 drummers this term. This student has been learning Drums for 15 months now and is making remarkable progress. At Learn to Rock we run a Peer Mentoring scheme where invite older students work with younger students. This type of work has many benefits to the learning of the younger student […]
Read more »Dixons Music Primary Concert Highlights
Posted: 14/12/14
It was a fantastic concert on Friday 12 December at DMP. The children’s performance skills are becoming more and more professional each concert and the quality of their Musical performance is spectacular. These children are 5 and 6 years old. Here are some highlights.
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